Optical spectropolarimetry of extreme H alpha line profiles in seven active galactic nuclei

arXiv:2609.29165 · astro-ph.GA · Submitted 2026-09-24 · Read on arXiv

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Submitted: 2026-09-24

Updated: 2026-09-24

Terminology

• AGN — 59× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Very Large Telescope — 3× in this paper
• European Southern Observatory — 2× in this paper
• Alignment — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Core — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Spectral Signature — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Trace — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Velocity Dispersion — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• alpha — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode

Sources

• Off-Axis Energy Generation in Active Galactic Nuclei: Explaining Broad-Line Profiles, Spectropolarimetric Observations, and Velocity-Resolved Reverberation Mapping

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